Mid-Week Update

It's been a busy, busy week for me regarding fitness so far this week. I had the day off from work on Wednesday, so I crammed the day will all kinds of fun things.

I started the day doing some yoga and taking the pups for a 25 minute walk. In the afternoon I decided to go to the rock climbing gym. It had been ages since I had last gone, and I had bought that 10 time pass, so I needed to start using it.

The rock climbing was awesome. After the first climb, my forearms started burning. I suppose I don't really work those specific muscles with anything other than climbing. I easily made it to the top. Of the 3 courses that had the auto-belay device, I was actually able to successfully complete all 3. In the past, I had only ever been able to make it to the top. I did 13 climbs total (all of them all the way to the top). It was a ton of fun, and it seemed a lot easier and faster to climb the routes than in the past. After the 13th climb, I decided to call it quits and head home. I didn't want to burn myself out. I definitely got a good workout.

Then, later in the day I did some interval running on the treadmill and had an awesome stretching session.

Yesterday my body felt pretty worn out, so I made it mostly a rest day. I did yoga in the morning, though, and stretching throughout the day. This morning, I did a quick run (only 1.5 miles) and then a thorough stretching session. I'm going to take a walk during lunch and will stretch some more. And, then tonight I have my trapeze class. I'm very excited to see how I can do. I know I've gained some more strength. And, I've lost some more fat. So, things are looking good. I'm hoping to have my front pull-over correct this time, and I might try to do the wrapped angel to Crow's Nest in one movement. But, I'll have to see. That might be over-ambitious. I brought my costume with me, though, so I hope it works well with my routine.

My trapeze performance is going to be Friday night, May 15th at 7pm. So, I only have 3 weeks to go until the performance. I've made excellent progress so far, and I should be ready by then.